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most strenuous endeavours to excite his subjects to 
rebellion. The sovereign being deeply wounded by 
the treachery of a man whom he had admitted to 
his friendship and confidence, resolved to punish 
him ; collected an army, marched towards Mewat, 
and encamped about ten or twelve miles from the 
fort of Alvar. Alarmed at the propinquity of so for- 
midable an enemy, the son of Hussan Khan Mewatty 
sent to the emperor, proposed terms, and resigned the 
whole province into his hand without attempting the 
slightest resistance. Baber bestowed the government 
of several towns and fortresses in this district upon 
those officers who had distinguished themselves in the 
late war. He then set out upon his return to Agra ; 
and, as many of the soldiers in that division of the 
army commanded by Humaioon were anxious to go 
back to their native country, he despatched the prince 
to Cabul with a large detachment, commanding him to 
unite the district of Badukhshan with that kingdom. 
On the twenty-fifth of April, Baber reached his 
capital. During the late disorders, the disaffected 
Afghans had taken possession of Chundwar and Ra- 
bery, two fortresses in the Dooab below Agra. The 
emperor sent a strong body of troops to reduce those 
places. The former surrendered at discretion; but 
the governor of the latter attempting to cross the 
Jumna upon an elephant, was drowned, and the 
fortress occupied by the imperial soldiers with- 
out opposition. Still an Afghan chief, named Biban, 
of great power and influence, held out against the 
royal authority. During the late confusion of affairs, 
this noble had become master of Lucknow. Mo- 
